Conference Overview

Substantially greater progress could be made in alleviating many of our most serious and complex social problems if nonprofits,foundations, governments, and business focused on achieving broad cross sector coordination, instead of focusing on the isolated interventions of individual organizations (”Collective Impact,” Stanford Social Innovation Review).

This conference will bring together a cross-section of senior-level practitioners to explore the challenges and opportunities of collective impact and to discuss how to accelerate the adoption of collective impact efforts.

Data historically is collected by those in power, about those without it, to make decisions about the future. If you work in the social good sector, you can’t ignore this history. So how do you practice socially responsible data? Consider attending MIT Media Lab data scientist Rahul Bhargava’s Data on Purpose presentation to answer this pressing question. Learn more at ssirdata.org #SSIRData https://www.facebook.com/social.innovation/photos/a.189678813942/10157907531163943/?type=3

When Nurse-Family Partnership first experimented with
collecting simple client feedback, they received a
tremendous response—both affirmations of the work they do, and helpful suggestions for improvements. Over the past few years, they have realized a significant return on investment by implementing client feedback into their model. Learn more in this audio slideshow featuring Alexa Cares, NFP’s feedback manager. (Part of a series produced for SSIR with the support of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation) #feedbackempowers https://ssir.org/videos/entry/integrating_feedback_across_a_nonprofit_business_model

Nudges rooted in behavioral economics can profoundly influence the amount that people donate and the choices they make about which organizations to support. Dean Karlan, Piyush Tantia, and Sarah Welch share 10 suggestions to improve giving. http://ow.ly/RW3d30nk8Ka

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